By Celeste Bott (September 23, 2021, 5:48 p.m. EDT) – Illinois High Court judges questioned on Thursday whether ruling that the state’s workers’ compensation law takes precedence over claims for damages under the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act would defeat the purpose of the privacy law as a whole.
The court heard oral arguments in a closely watched class action lawsuit project over whether the Biometric Information Protection Act’s allegations of a former employee regarding the collection or dissemination of information personal injury fall under the State Workmen’s Compensation Act as an accident at work occurring in the performance of their duties. .
Judge Michael Burke asked the lawyer for the operator of the nursing home Symphony Bronzeville Park LLC to explain why the BIPA …
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